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Topological Materials Creation Lab
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A low-temperature physics lab that covers everything from crystal synthesis to measurement of physical properties.
AboutAbout the lab
Making new materials yourself and discovering new phenomena yourself.
The Topological Materials Creation Lab, part of the Low Temperature Physics Division at the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, conducts broad research from crystal synthesis to measurement of physical properties.
The lab's motto is to "make new materials yourself and discover new phenomena yourself."
Launched in October 2025, the lab relocated equipment from Osaka University and is setting up synthesis equipment and equipment for controlling temperature and magnetic field one after another.
For graduate studies, the lab participates as a cooperating chair in the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science. The lab's website presents it under the name "Sakai Lab."
Key terms
- Dirac electron materials
- Materials in which the effective mass of electrons becomes zero and the electrons' motion can be described by the Dirac equation
- Thermoelectric materials
- Materials that can convert heat and electricity into each other
- Multiferroic materials
- Materials that simultaneously have multiple kinds of order, such as magnetism and electrical properties
NewsLab news
Paper by Professor Sakai and colleagues published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Recruiting graduate students for the FY2027 graduate school entrance examination
Paper by Assistant Professor Kawamata and colleagues published in Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Paper by Professor Sakai and colleagues published in Nature Communications
Sakai Lab launched at the Institute for Materials Research
ResearchResearch themes
Under the motto "make new materials yourself and discover new phenomena yourself," this lab conducts broad research from crystal synthesis to measurement of physical properties. Dirac electron materials, thermoelectric materials, and multiferroic materials are listed as some of the research themes it has mainly worked on so far.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Topological Materials Creation Lab consist of faculty and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHideaki Sakai
- LecturerRinsuke Yamada
- Assistant ProfessorMasahiro Kawamata
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Apparatus for CZ crystal growth” Віґор Тядійчук / CC BY-SA 1.0 (cropped)
- Dirac electron materials: “Bismuth crystal Créer le cristal n02” Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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